TOKYO -- Japanese trading house Marubeni will test out automated vehicles at airports serving the Tokyo and Nagoya areas next month, teaming with Tokyo-based autonomous driving startup ZMP.
The partners will set up a joint venture this month to carry out the trials at Narita Airport outside Tokyo and Chubu Airport near Nagoya starting in late January, targeting a 2020 start to operations. As visitors to Japan increase, the self-operating vehicles are expected to improve efficiency and help ease labor shortages.
